Tobacco can



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By @Maa/EM Sept. 4, 1934- P. J. SHELTON Q TOBACCO CAN 3 Sheets-SheetFiled Dec. 5, 1933 If I a I a a A l a a d I a I a I r v d I v v I! All 14v 4 4 u 4 4 w 4 2g 111111111111111115 111111, 111' 11111111 1 -lii Inven for Percy Jfiefaam flltorney Patented Sept. 4, 1934 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 1,972,801 TOBACCO CAN Percy J. Shelton, Chagrin Falls,Ohio ApplicationDecember 5, 1933, Serial No. 701,034

The present invention rel 4 Claims.

ates generally to cans and more particularly to tobacco cans and has forits prime object to provide means in a can of this nature whereby thecontents of the can resides in the provision of a tobacco can of thisnature which is simple in its construction, compact and convenient incomparatively inexpensive to manipulate, thoroughly its arrangement ofparts, to manufacture, easy efiicient and reliable in use and otherwisewell adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a sectional elevation showing a can embodying the featuresof my invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one side of the can.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a stop clip.

Figure 6 is a vertical sec tion through another embodiment of theinvention.

Figure '7 is a perspective view of the forward tray used with thisembodiment.

. Figure 8 is a perspective view of one side of this embodiment.

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view through a third embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 10 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 10-10of Figure 9, and

Figure 11 is an elevation of the rod. Referring to the drawings indetail and first particularly to the embodiment of the invention shownin Figures 1 to 5 inclusive it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotesthe body of the can which is provided on one side with a vertical slot 6starting from a point spaced from the bottom and extending through theupper edge thereof.

L-shaped tongues '7 project from the edges of the slot 6 adjacent theupper edge of the can which extend outwardly from the A follower tray 9is g wardly from each other. slidably mounted in the can can and thenoutand from its sides are struck tongues 10 inwardly bent to engage thepaper tobacco container usually used in cans of and advantages of thisthis nature. The back wall of the follower tray is provided with aprojection 11 extending through the slot 6 and on opposite sides of anopening therein being provided-with threads to engage threaded sides ofa rod 12. A housing 14 is fixed to the slotted side of the can body 5and in this housing moves the projection 11 and is located the rod 12.The rod 12 projects through an opening in the top of this housing. Thisrod 12 is provided with a pair of threaded sides oppositely disposed anda pair of plane sides oppositely disposed. Thus the rod may be liftedwhen engaged with the projection 11 to lift the follower tray and thecontents of the can upwardly to the desired point and then the rod maybe turned and released from the projection 11 and slid down until itengages the bottom of the housing14 and then turned again into engagingposition with the projection 11 thereby holding the follower tray in theraised position.

A clip 16 closes the upper end of the slot 6 and has tongues 17 toengage withtongues '7 and intermediate its ends is bent over the upperedge of the can as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Now referring to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 6 to 8inclusive it will be seen that the body 511 has the slot 6a. The tray 9ais slidable in the body 5a and is provided with the tongues 10a and hasa projection 11a extending through the slot 6a which is adapted to bemanually moved for lifting the tray 9a.

Referring now to the third embodiment of the invention shown in Figures9, l0 and 11 it will be seen that the can body 5b is not provided with aslot as in the first and second embodiments described. A tray 9b isslidable in this can body and has a portion of its back wall bentforwardly and inwardly of the can to provide a hollow projection 11bwith which cooperates a rod 12b in the same manner as was described inthe first embodiment of the invention. This rod 12b is located insidethe can being slidable through a bearing 20 provided in the upperportion of the can. The bottom of the follower tray 9b has an opening 21through which the bottom of the rod may project to rest on the bottom ofthe can body 5b.

It is thought that the construction, operation invention will now bequite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detaileddescription thereof.

The present embodiments of the invention have been described merely byway of examples since in actual practice they attain the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention andthe above description. It is to be understood that numerous changes inthe details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope ofthe invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new is:

1. In combination, a can, a follower tray in' the can, one side of thecan being provided with a slot, a projection on the tray extendingthrough said slot, a housing on said side of the can, a rod slidable androtatable in said housing and projecting through an opening in the upperend thereof, and detachably engageable with the DOSE/.1 plain sides andtwo opposite threaded sides; said projection having an opening thereinthrough which the rod passes, said opening being provided with opposedthreaded portions with opening in the projection and said shaft being 7provided with two opposed plain sides and two opposite threaded sides,the threads of said two sides engaging the threaded portions of theopening in the projection when the shaft is in one position and saidthreaded parts of the shaft being' opposite the plain sides of theopening when the shaft is in another position.

4. In combination, a can, a follower tray in the. can of less lengththan the length of the bottom of the can and said tray including abottom part and side walls and one end Wall, said side walls and saidend wall contacting portions of the sides and one edge wall of the can,a container in the can for containing the contents thereof, a portion ofthe bottom part of the container resting on the tray, tongues punched"inwardly from the vertical walls of the tray for engaging thecontainer, and means for manually adjusting the tray in the can.

PERCY J. SHELTON.

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